Speakers in the News

‘Better the Russian trolls help fund education’: Maryland looks to pioneer taxes on digital advertising

(The Washington Post) - Two powerful Maryland politicians want that ad chasing you around the Internet to pay the state for the privilege of collecting…

Trump Broke It. Now He Owns It.

(The Atlantic) - The president withdrew from a flawed deal with Iran, but had no realistic alternative. With that choice comes responsibility for what ensued.

Tens of thousands of Americans are dying each year from this horrific epidemic

(Fox News) - However, what if I told you the deadliest terrorists we face lived right over our southern border and are using drugs –…

We’re Just Discovering the Price of Killing Soleimani

(The Atlantic) - No American paid a price for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s Qassem Soleimani. But it looks like 176 other people…

Niall Ferguson: Liberal democracy will not survive the 21st century

(National Post) - Although I regret it very much, I believe that liberal democracy as we know it won’t survive the 21st century.

Americans Aren’t Rallying to Trump

(The Atlantic) - A president who writes off half the country can’t expect to garner support from a crisis of his own making.

I am a Republican, and I hope the Democrats pick a candidate I can vote for

(The Washington Post) - Over the past 40 years — about as long as I’ve been of age to vote — the country has seen…

In Asia, Disruptive Technonationalism Returns

(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) - Technonationalists, whatever their nationality, take a strategic view of industry and technology. They view it as fundamental to national…

The FDA got it partially right on e-cigs. Here’s what else needs to be done.

(The Washington Post) - Responding to the worsening epidemic of e-cigarette use by kids of middle-school and high-school age, the Food and Drug Administration announced…

Civil war in Iraq? Quite possibly. World War III? Forget about it.

(Boston Globe) - The United States may now face pandemonium in Iraq, but Iran will not necessarily be the beneficiary.

Can aging be reversed? Incredible new research may let us grow younger instead of older

(Fox News) - It’s a seemingly fundamental truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about the aging process…

Vancouver Island’s Paul Nicklen given Order of Canada, inducted into International Photography Hall of Fame

(Victoria News) - It was a big year in 2019 for Paul Nicklen, who was recently given the Order of Canada and earlier inducted into…